Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Description

Housed in a building styled after a 15th-century Venetian palace. Established 1903 by Isabella Stewart Gardner. Eclectic collection of European, Asian, and American art. The arrangement of the collection has remained unchanged per Gardner's specific instructions — an unusual and legally binding clause.

History

Established 1903. Gardner arranged the museum to evoke the feeling of a private home. The collection's arrangement is protected by the terms of her will.

Key Features

• Courtyard garden (central feature)
• Tapestries, paintings, sculptures, decorative arts
• Venetian palace architecture
• Intimate gallery rooms named after regions and eras

Magical Significance

Gardner's insistence that nothing be moved — ever — has long been noted by the awakened as suspicious. Some believe the arrangement itself forms a protective ward or magical circuit.

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